Re: Hendrix-Engineering getting to know you axle sale!

Originally Posted by liqidvenom

i fail to see how these axles would kill your warranty?

The question that has some concerned is a claim denied and blame put on the non-factory axels as the cause just to get out of a large warranty claim. The general has denied claims for less reason before.

Re: Hendrix-Engineering getting to know you axle sale!

So you got em installed now? Or are you letting your arms rest inside away from the 100 degree heat?

That would be helpful if Thomas added DRIVERS SIDE and PASSENGER SIDE to each torque warning sticker on the axles. (hint hint)

Way a head of ya!!!!..I have the biggest bar going on the DRIVERS SIDE!!..This is the information that was passed on to us when we made these axles...Can some one confirm that they have the biggest bar on the drivers side?..Is everyone instaling the biggest bar on the passanger side?There is a 2 inch difference in the axles ,it should be fairly obveous which is the shorter of the stock axles.Stand the stock axles up on end and compress it all the way down...The biggest bar we have is the longest,if we have the sides messed up per ythe info we were given we would like to know.I think it was misunderstood when i said it didnt matter which side they went on ,im talking about the bigger bar as far as working,it doesnt matter which side the biggest bar is on it will cancel the wheel hop ,but they are different sizes.If someone can stand the stock axles up and let me know which is the shortest,driver or pasanger i would realy apreciate it.

Re: Hendrix-Engineering getting to know you axle sale!

So you got em installed now? Or are you letting your arms rest inside away from the 100 degree heat?

That would be helpful if Thomas added DRIVERS SIDE and PASSENGER SIDE to each torque warning sticker on the axles. (hint hint)

I pulled out the axle (driver's side) and measured against the other Hendrix-Engineering axle. The trick is to make sure the axles you are comparing are both fully compressed. One is 2-3 inches longer and is the thicker of the two - this one goes on the passenger side. I figured out last night that: (a) I was attempting to install the thicker axle in the driver's side; and (b) this was opposite of what Rand49er reported.

I installed the drivers side (with the shorter, thinner axle) this morning. I am going swimming the rest of the day and will go for the passenger side tommorrow before it hits the 100 degree mark again.

Re: Hendrix-Engineering getting to know you axle sale!

Originally Posted by Hendrix-Engineering

Way a head of ya!!!!..I have the biggest bar going on the DRIVERS SIDE!!..This is the information that was passed on to us when we made these axles...Can some one confirm that they have the biggest bar on the drivers side?..Is everyone instaling the biggest bar on the passanger side?There is a 2 inch difference in the axles ,it should be fairly obveous which is the shorter of the stock axles.Stand the stock axles up on end and compress it all the way down...The biggest bar we have is the longest,if we have the sides messed up per ythe info we were given we would like to know.I think it was misunderstood when i said it didnt matter which side they went on ,im talking about the bigger bar as far as working,it doesnt matter which side the biggest bar is on it will cancel the wheel hop ,but they are different sizes.If someone can stand the stock axles up and let me know which is the shortest,driver or pasanger i would realy apreciate it.

The shorter, thinner axle goes on the drivers side. Although I only have one axle in, this is consistent with what Rand49er reported for his successful install.

Re: Hendrix-Engineering getting to know you axle sale!

Originally Posted by darkman

I pulled out the axle (driver's side) and measured against the other Hendrix-Engineering axle. The trick is to make sure the axles you are comparing are both fully compressed. One is 2-3 inches longer and is the thicker of the two - this one goes on the passenger side. I figured out last night that: (a) I was attempting to install the thicker axle in the driver's side; and (b) this was opposite of what Rand49er reported.

I installed the drivers side (with the shorter, thinner axle) this morning. I am going swimming the rest of the day and will go for the passenger side tommorrow before it hits the 100 degree mark again.

Thanks again for all your help.

Put this info in my Hendrix Axle Install PLEASE!!!! That way it's all in one place! Good find Darkman!!

Re: Hendrix-Engineering getting to know you axle sale!

THANKS A TON GUYS!!! We depend on who were working with to give us the corect info,as i said its no performance difference in which side the biggest is on.I sent a few sets out today and decided to put a driverside and passanger side sticker to make it cut and dry,of coarse that was before i seen this so the stickers are on the wrong ones!!!!Man i hate mistakes...Thanks again for the help

Re: Hendrix-Engineering getting to know you axle sale!

Well my axles are installed and I have been on my first test drive. I have not experienced wheel hop in the past because I learned early, and on my first differential, that I could avoid it by slipping the clutch, using 3/4 throttle in first gear, and short-shifting out of first gear into to second. This technique is also likely the reason I am still on my original motor mounts.

In any event, with the new axles installed I can put the V in competition mode (no rear traction control) and nail the throttle in first gear with impunity. The rear tires spin and produce some fish tailing, but no hint of wheelhop. A powershift to second results in another pronounced fish-tail but no wheel hop.

Since a Poweraid pro-stocker built with an unlimited budget can be made to wheelhop, there may be some combination of horesepower, tires, and track coniditons that will make a V1 equipped with these axles do the same. But to me that is not the point. The real point is that V1s have the well deserved reputation for being more wheel-hop prone than other similar cars. With the installation of these axles there is no such tendency. Had V1s come from the factory with the Hendrix-Engineering axles in the first place I don't believe wheel hop would even be assoicated with the V1 image.